wikipedia_random

An arbitrary Wikipedia page summary (title, extract, link), drawn from the language edition's random endpoint. Refresh interval controls how often a new article is picked. Use wikipedia_featured for the curated daily article or wikipedia_on_this_day for date-anchored history.

Kind	Safety	Shapes
cached	Safe	linked_text_block, image_linked_list, text_block, text

Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
lang	string (Wikipedia language code)	no	"en"	Wikipedia language edition.

Compatible renderers

Shape	Renderers
linked_text_block	list_links
image_linked_list	list_cards
text_block	animated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, list_plain
text	animated_boot, animated_figlet_morph, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_typewriter, animated_wave, text_ascii, text_plain

Preview

linked_text_block via list_links

Quokka                                  
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "wikipedia_random"
fetcher = "wikipedia_random"
render = "list_links"

image_linked_list via list_cards

       Quokka                           
       A small macropod native to southw
                                        
                                        
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "wikipedia_random"
fetcher = "wikipedia_random"
render = "list_cards"

text_block via list_plain

Quokka                                  
The quokka is a small macropod about the
                                        
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "wikipedia_random"
fetcher = "wikipedia_random"
render = "list_plain"

text via text_ascii

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[[widget]]
id = "wikipedia_random"
fetcher = "wikipedia_random"
render = "text_ascii"

text via text_plain

Quokka: A small macropod native to south
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "wikipedia_random"
fetcher = "wikipedia_random"
render = "text_plain"